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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region

7 Ranked Colleges
354 Degrees Awarded
$12,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the 64th most popular major in the country with 17,506 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, film, video and photographic arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,714 and had an average of $31,549 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,431 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,659 and $28,774 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 354 film, video and photographic arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in film, video and photographic arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great film, video and photographic arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the film, video and photographic arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree film students.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in the Southeast Region

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valencia College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Valencia College is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 associates’s film degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Valencia College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Valencia College is $5,205 for southeast region associate degree film students.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Film students.

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#3

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Daytona State College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s film degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Daytona State College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,789 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Film students per year to attend Daytona State College.

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#4

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Dade College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 72 degrees to qualified associates’s film students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree film students list, MDC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Miami Dade College is $4,842 for southeast region associate degree film students.

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#5

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baton Rouge Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 4 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

BRCC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baton Rouge Community College is $9,111 for southeast region associate degree film students.

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#6

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Atlanta did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. The Art Institute of Atlanta is a small private for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 9 associates’s film degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $23,051 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Film students per year to attend Ai Atlanta.

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#7

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#7 in overall quality

Full Sail University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Film Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s film degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Full Sail University is $27,524 for southeast region associate degree film students.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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